86: A child holding gold walks in a busy street

“Be implicated? How could I be implicated? Is someone going to make a move on me?!” Prince Fu’s expression changed, and his fat face turned a little ashen.

“Your Highness, don’t worry. From the dream, it’s clear that someone is indeed going to make a move on you, and the person directly targeting you is very likely that woman with the blurred face! Of course, this is just my guess…” Sabado said.

“It’s her?! So, I can’t forcefully seize commoner women from the populace recently…” Prince Fu mused thoughtfully.

“Your Highness, in the dream, she was a commoner woman, but in reality, she could very well have another identity, and might even be a man!” Sabado said.

“Ah?!” Prince Fu was stunned by the words and couldn’t help but look at Sabado a few more times…

Sabado’s heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought, “Oh no, Prince Fu won’t suspect me because of this, will he?”

He quickly changed the subject, saying, “There aren’t many things in this world that could implicate Your Highness now, but anything that could implicate Your Highness must be a major event. Does Your Highness not have any association with this?”

“This… could it be… the struggle for the heir apparent?!!!” Prince Fu’s expression changed.

Sabado was speechless for a moment. This Prince Fu, to be so slow on the uptake, has he really just given up? Or does he think that as long as he gives up, these matters won’t affect him? How could there be such an easy thing in this world?

There isn’t! Absolutely not!

Sabado could be completely certain of this. Looking at history, whenever the struggle for the heir apparent begins, it will stir up a storm of blood and gore, and countless people will perish. The victor will naturally ascend to the throne, but what about those who participated in the struggle and ultimately lost?

Their fates will naturally take a sharp turn for the worse. Their own beheading is a minor matter; it will also bring disaster upon their families, their direct lineage, and all their supporting officials and external forces. These people will sooner or later be dealt with one by one!

Any force that poses a threat to the direct lineage will eventually be dismantled and dissolved…

Why do emperors mostly refer to themselves as “the lonely one”? For no other reason than that he himself would not feel at ease without becoming a solitary figure…

As for people like Prince Fu who did not participate in the struggle, intending to remain neutral and observe, do you think they will be safe and sound by doing so?

Perhaps some people can, but the prerequisite is that they are ignorant, powerless, without influence, without money, useless, and idiotic. Anyone who poses even the slightest threat to the direct lineage still runs the risk of being eliminated. And in Sabado's view, Prince Fu's situation—he has power, influence, and money, and is favored by the Emperor Ming—such a person runs the risk of being eliminated. Especially the point about having money but no power; in many people's eyes, he is a bright, fat lamb. How could he not be eliminated?

The scene Prince Fu just mentioned in his dream, where he was cooked and eaten, isn't that the best interpretation of this?

He sighed inwardly. If the matter of him giving guidance were known to the other princes, his relationship with those powerful princes would probably also be affected to some extent!

Moreover, Prince Fu’s visit here, seemingly a very low-key action, has actually caused quite a stir in this place, and the news has probably spread. Even if he hadn't given him guidance, the other princes probably wouldn't have thought otherwise, because they would believe that even a slight change in Prince Fu could be the result of Sabado's guidance!

He’s been set up by him, hasn’t he…

If he had known earlier that he was coming with this purpose, Sabado might have chosen to avoid him. After all, the situation in Great Ming is indeed in a sensitive period right now. However, since he himself has always had too much contact with these high officials and nobles, he would be implicated sooner or later. Today it’s Prince Fu, tomorrow it could be Prince Rui, Prince Ding, Prince Lu, Prince Gong… When there are many fleas, you don’t feel the itch. Let them come!

Fortunately, Prince Fu, this idiot, doesn't have too much influence on the struggle for the heir apparent, as he himself had long since given up. So even if he gets implicated, it shouldn't be a big deal, and besides, with the strength of Xuanji Tower, they wouldn't take it to heart.

Xuanji Tower does not fear these Mortals and Mystics; a Cultivation Sect is an enormous existence in front of the people of Blue Star!

Furthermore, Xuanji Tower's business is this divination and prediction information service. Every day, high officials and nobles come here for consultations, and he believes that those important figures can also understand.

Thinking of this, Sabado composed himself and said, “I dare not casually comment on the affairs of the Great Ming! If Your Highness already has an idea in mind, then there is no need for me to say more. What I do is divination and prediction, so I will mainly analyze this oracle!”

“Oh? Haven’t you already explained this oracle very clearly?” Prince Fu asked suspiciously.

“Your Highness, look, what I just said was only the first half of the oracle, and the second half is ‘A child holding gold, walking through a bustling market!’”

“This… is there a problem? Many children in my Prince’s residence wear gold and silver. Sometimes they play outside the residence, sometimes they are taken out to stroll the streets, and nothing ever happens!” Prince Fu said.

Sabado listened, momentarily stunned, then reacted and sighed, “Your Highness, everything you said is correct, but you are looking at this problem from your perspective. If I were to look at this problem from my perspective, then the trouble would be great!”

“Ah?! What trouble?!” Prince Fu was startled.

Sabado said, “Your Highness, the children in your residence are watched by guards, so even if they wear a lot of gold and silver, no one would dare to rob them. But what if it’s a child from an ordinary commoner family? A child with no means of self-defense, yet adorned in gold and silver, walking through the marketplace—how could they not attract the covetousness and robbery of thieves? A person who lacks the strength to protect themselves yet possesses immense wealth, the wisest course of action would be to conceal themselves and live a low-key life. But this child brazenly walks through a bustling market; isn’t this an act of self-destruction?”

“This…” Prince Fu froze, then after a moment of thought, he nodded slightly in agreement.

“Your Highness, every word in this oracle is not given randomly, but is closely related to the person who drew the lot. Therefore, in my opinion, this child mentioned in the oracle is very likely related to Your Highness!” Sabado suddenly said.

“What? Related to me?!”

“Yes! This child is either one of Your Highness’s children, or it is Your Highness yourself!” Sabado laid it bare, speaking harshly.

“Myself? Impossible, right? How could I do such a foolish thing?!” Prince Fu immediately argued.

Sabado calmed himself slightly. He now realized that communicating with Prince Fu was indeed quite difficult. The key was that it was hard to convince him; in other words, he lacked self-awareness…

Indeed, for a Prince like him, all he thought about all day was how to enjoy this incredibly beautiful day—for example, what delicious food, exquisite utensils, beautiful clothes, pleasant music, lovely scenery, and beautiful women there were… How could he possibly have time to self-reflect and ponder his own shortcomings and the meaning of life?

“Your Highness, please forgive my directness, but this child in the oracle should refer to Your Highness yourself!”

“And why is that? You may speak freely…”

“Thank you, Your Highness! From some of the public information gathered by this tower, Your Highness possesses about half of the land in the entire Southern Yue region! And also parts of the land of three neighboring first-tier bases. If all of it is added up, then the land area directly owned by Your Highness is even much more than the Emperor Ming’s own imperial land! Besides land and the corresponding farming and planting industries, Your Highness also controls many other industries, such as xuan stone veins, medicinal material supply, forest timber, oil and coal, salt and mines… It can be said that about one-tenth of Great Ming’s wealth and lifelines are in Your Highness’s hands, but…”